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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOI-IN HIOKEY, OF ST. PAULMINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO THIIIIAMERIOAN STEEL FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CAR-TRANSOIVI.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 637,788, dated November 28, 1899.

4Applicationtiled March l5, 1897. Serial No. 627,649. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Beit known that I, JOHN HICKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Transoms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

My invention relates to car-transoms or body-holsters for railway-cars; and it consists in the novel construction hereinafter fully described and claimed, in which great strength and rigidity of the structureare obtained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a transom embodying one form or modification of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. y Fig. 4 is a section on theline 4 4 of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are re'spectivel5Y a side elevation and a top plan View of a transom embodying another form or modication of the invention. Figs. 7 and 8 are sections taken on the lines 7 7 and 8 8, respectively, of Fig. 7.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, 1 indicates the bottomgor arch bar, and 2 the top bar, of the transom, adapted to be secured together at their ends. Depending from the under side of the bottom bar l are the center bearing 3 and side bearings 4, and between the upper and lower bars 1 and 2 are arranged llingpieces, which serve to unite the two bars. As clearly shown in the drawings, the ller 5 comprises two central Webs fianged on their outer edges and formed with right-angular recesses or seats 8, adapted to fit the inner sills 9, be-

yond which seats extend thel laterally-projecting ianged webs or extensions 10. The upper iianges 11 are provided with perforations to receive the bolts 12 for securing the fillingpiece to the bars 1 and 2. The lower fianges 13 of the side portions 10 of the filler are likewise perforated for the bolts 15 and are inclined to fit upon the upper inclined faces of the bar 1. Between the webs 5 of the central portion of the filler isv an opening 14, through which passes the king-bolt of the transom. The lling-pieces 6 are supplemental to the filler 5 and are secured between the bars 1 and 2, near the ends thereof, and above the side bearings 4 to strengthen the structure at these points. These fillers 6 are firmly secured by bolts 16.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, the main filling-piece instead of being formed as a single integral member is made up of sections 17 and 18, each provided with edge ilanges, as shown, adapted to be bolted to the 6o bars 1 and 2. The sections 17 and 18 are recessed at their upper sides t`o form a horizontal seat and upwardly-inclined faces,and upon said horizontal seat is secured a central strut 22 of arch shape in cross-section and having 65 horizontally-projecting flanges 23 bolted to the flanges of the filler-sections 17 and 1S by bolts 24, which pass through the perforated spacing-blocks 25, arranged between the anges of the sections 17 and 18. The cen- 7o tral strut 22 is secured at its upper side to the bar 2 by bolts 26, and the angle-irons 27 at opposite ends of said strut constitute rightangular seats for the inner sills 9. The end llers 6 are similar to the same parts in Fig. 1 75 and are preferably of I shape in cross-section.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A car-transom or body-bolster, provided 8o with a top bar, a bottom bar of arch form, having at its center the center bearing of the transom and having upwardly-inclined sides carrying the side bearings, a filler between said bars, said filler having above the center 85 bearing an upward projection secured to the top bar flanked by two depressions for the reception of car-sills.

. 2. A car-transom or body-bolster, provided with a top bar, a bottomv bar of arch form, 9o having at its center the center bearing of the transom and having upwardly-inclined sides carrying the side bearings, a main filler above the center bearing, having side wings extending 'toward the side bearings, and supple- 95 mental fillers at the side bearings.

3. A car-transom or body-bolster, provided with a top bar, a bottom bar of arch form, having at its center the cent-er bearing of the transom and having upwardly-inclined sides roo carrying the side bearings, and a ill'er between said bars, said filler'having an arched lvO strut at its center through which rthe kingbolt passes. y j

4. A car-transom or body-bolster, provided with a topbar, a bottom bar Vof arch form, having at its center the center bearingvofthe transom and having upwardly-inclined sides carrying the side bearings, and a ller between saidbars, said ller consisting at its cen-l ter of two-independent vertical webs `iianged above and below and connected by an arched cross-strut.v v

y 5. A car-transom or body-bolster, provided with a top bar, a bottom bar' of arch form, having at its center the center bearing of the JOHN HICKEY.

VVVitnes'ses:

H. C. FROST, N. S. WILBUR. 

